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The way ministers handled a last minute decision to abandon plans for a full scale return to the classroom was last night attacked by the One Bermuda Alliance. Susan Jackson, the shadow education minister, said parents and families had been suffered ...

More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed. Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...

Just a handful of public schools will open their classrooms today, the Ministry of Education confirmed last night. A spokeswoman said there would be a “staggered opening of schools for term two” – with no middle or senior schools opening as parents a...

A food bank charity got an early Christmas present from fundraising efforts by pupils at a private school. Primary schoolchildren at Saltus donated non-perishable food to the Eliza DoLittle Society as part of the school’s 24 Days of Giving campaign. ...

A testing schedule for Covid-19 has been drawn up for the return to public schools next month, the Department of Education advised. Staff and pupils must get a clear PCR test dated within three days of going back to the classroom. Schools starts on J...

A former director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs will head a new committee set up to preserve the histories of school scheduled for closure, the education minister has announced. Diallo Rabain said Heather Whalen would spearhead ...

The teenage creator of an international organisation set up to translate climate change literature into dozens of languages helped close a major conference for young people on Saturday. Sophia Kianni, 19, the keynote speaker at the Youth Climate Summ...

A mentoring academy for schoolboys is to hold an open house event on Thursday. Impact Mentoring Academy said parents and pupils at Primary 5 and 6, middle school levels 1 to 3 and senior school levels 1 to 3 were welcome to attend. Timothy Jackson, ...

Youngsters who have pledged to help reverse the effects of climate change yesterday met potential sponsors. Hundreds of middle and high schoolchildren gathered at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute for the second last day of the Youth Clima...

A veteran teacher at a private school has been appointed as its new principal. Anna Faria-Machado, who joined Mount St Agnes Academy as a Grade 6 teacher in 1999, takes over from Sue Moench, who served in the post for 14 years. Ms Faria-Machado said...

Bermuda has passed its original 70 per cent herd immunity target for vaccinations, the latest Government figures have revealed. The Government website showed 70.2 per cent of the population had received two shots and 16.8 per cent had received a boos...

Public schools will no longer have entire classes quarantined if a Covid-19 case is detected, the education minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain added the school surveillance unit will instead contact people found to be close or casual contacts and...